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ReviewCureus2022

Lymph Node Involvement and the Clinical Stage as Predictors of the Survival of Patients With Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mazin Alsarraj, Sami M Alshehri, Abdulrahman Qattan, Abdelelah Mofti, Lana Wazqer, Sumayiah Bukhari, Aisha Shamsaldin, Rahaf Rajab

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mazin AlsarrajOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, SAU.
Sami M AlshehriOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Abdulrahman QattanOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Abdelelah MoftiOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, SAU.
Lana WazqerOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Sumayiah BukhariOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Aisha ShamsaldinOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Rahaf RajabOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Jeddah University · SAKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center · SAKing Abdullah Medical City · SAKing Fahad Hospital Jeddah · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the treatment of various patients, the presence of lymphovascular invasion is a prognostic determinant, often taken into account by surgeons and oncologists. The exact frequency and prognostic impacts of this microscopic event in adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) patients are, however, not clear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the lymph node involvement and the clinical stage of cancer as predictors of ACC prognosis. A systematic search was conducted covering a number of databases, including PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and EBSCO. A total of three studies were included in this analysis, with 591 participants, 247 of whom were males. Lymph node involvement and clinical stage were demonstrated as significant bad prognosis factors among ACC patients (HR = 1.48, 95% CI, 1.00, 1.96; P<0.0001). We found that lymph node involvement and clinical stage of the cancer are both significant predictors of bad prognosis of ACC.

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adenoid cystic carcinoma (acc)head and neck tumorslymph node statussalivary gland tumorstage

Identifiers

PMID36447733
PMCPMC9701163
OpenAlexW4307700395

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